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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6514,Lat: 41.5283
Elevation	135 meter above sea level
Local time	9:21:41am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Barcelos, V.Boa, V.Frescainha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paço Velho	0.5 km	East
2 Souto	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Capucha	1.4 km	East
4 Vilar	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Igreja	1.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	313 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	439 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	667 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37.4 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 92%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.3 km2

32.1%

Nature

4.9 km2

6.2%

Agriculture

32.7 km2

41.6%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

12.6 km2

16%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monte in country Portugal

Monte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	23 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	32 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	43 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	10 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Frescainha

Type of weather in Vila Frescainha	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam